Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction

by David John Wallace

Originally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translators, and audiences from so many cultures, from the mountains of Iran to the islands of Japan, find Chaucer so inspiring? In part this is down to the character and sheer inventiveness of Chaucer's work.

At the time Chaucer's writings were not just literary adventures, but also a means of convincing the world that poetry and science,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198767714
• ISBN13: 9780198767718
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"